St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-13
RUMBLE OF THE RAILS.
Jay Gould Proposes to Build a Million
Dollar Union Depot in the
Mound City.
Shippers Annual Passes Given by the
Minnesota & Northwestern and Bur
lington & Northern.
How a Minneapolis Lawyer Got an
Annual on the M anitoba From
President j. j. Hill.
Numerous Bits of Gossip of en- and
Roads Whose Headquarters
Are Here.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 12.-Jay Gould, &C
companied by A. l.. Hopkins, of New York.
and General Manager Clark. started for an
extended tour of inspection of his railroad
properties, going first to Texas. In an in
terview last evening Mr.. Gould confirmed
lie statement recently made in these dis
patches that arrangements are in progress
to practically abolish the bridge arbitrary
here. and operate the bridge so that its rev.
enue shall barely cover its fixed charges.
When this arrangement shall be perfected
Mr.. Gould could not definitely state but he
said it would be in the near future. He
also said that General Manager Clark has
been authorized to call for plans for a new
union depot from local architects, and
during the coming year he hoped
to see the building completed.
1t is to be situated between
Twelfth and Fourteenth streets will be
600 feet long, with east and west entrances
OF sufficient width to cover all the tracks in
the present depot yards, to be structure
of modern architecture, embracing all the
late improvements. and to cost upwards of
81, 200. 900. He also discussed
SURFACE AND ELEVATED TRACKS
60 enable the Iron Mountain road to reach
the union depot, expressed preference for
the former and stated that the municipal
assembly will be again petitioned for the
privilege of laying track from the present
station of the Iron Mountain at Fourth
street and Chestnut avenue to the union
depot He declines to talk about Wabash
matters, thought well of the project to es-
tablish extensive stock yards i'll the western
suburbs of the city. and he was considering
plans for the extension of the Missouri Pa
cific into Colorado, but while NOTHING had
been done definitely. number of extern
SionS and feeders will be built during the
year, and probably as many miles of road
be added to the system in 1887 as in 1856.
When asked his opinion of the interstate
commerce bill, he added:
l am in favor of it. provided it is revised
and made clear, which the original bill is not.
The long and short haul clause is especially
ambiguous, and see that Senator CullOm
has taken occasion to explain and endeavor
to make it clear. II the bill is as he claims,
its intentions and purposes should have been
clearly defined ut first, rendering such an eX-
PLANTATION of it unnecessary. When the bill
once becomes law, and the railroads of the
country are compelled to work under its reg
ulations, they must act iuteligently. The
long and short haul clause, as traffic men in
terpret it, amounts to q practical exclusion
of the products of the far West from the Ear
kets of the East. While it will have a
DAMAGING EFFECT UPON THE WEST,
it will be an advantage to many of the East
tern states, and Ohio and Indiana farmers
will benefit by it. The section of the bill
making its violation a penal offerse is de-
cidedly ambiguous. That clause Will have
most detrimental effect upon the West, where
there will be clamor for its repeal. The
wisest course to pursue would be to appoint
an intelligent commission and let that body
pass upon all questions arising.
"HoW Go you regard the future of the bill 10
regulate the waterways of the country?'
Il think that the mistake is grave one, but
nothing will demonstrate this as clearly as u
trial Of the measure. l am inclined to the
belief that ST. Louis will suffer less than
other points not touched by waterway.
There can be no control of
the Canadian railways, and Chicago
can get out in that direction. The bill will be
OF incalculable advantage and profit to those
lines, and the ultimate result will be to di-
We export trade from Eastern points to
Montreal. New Orleans and Galveston will
hold the Texas trade and the Mississippi river
will enable st. Louis to protect herself far
better than any interior city,
'What is your position with reference to
the fast mail service from St. LOUISE
Il AIN not only willing but ready TO ccept
the same terms as made with the Burlington,
and can lnaugurate the service on short no
tice. The fast mail train would leave st.
Louis at 2:30 a. N. and arrive in Kansas City
at 10 O'Clock the same morning. Itwould re-
quire very brief notice to adopt the fast mail
system, and there is no reason why it should
not be done.''